Zoltan Mari, M.D.

Dr. Zoltan K. Mari is a renowned neurologist, clinician-researcher, and expert in Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Mari is Director of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Program at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, a medical center uniquely dedicated to state-of-the-art care and research for people affected by neurodegenerative diseases and their families.

In addition to his focus on patient care, Dr. Mari engages in diverse research, including nutritional and lifestyle interventions, clinical neurophysiology, wearables, telemedicine and remote care, biomarkers, and disease modification approaches, including recent groundbreaking work in the protection against neurotoxic immune responses in Parkinson’s disease and related dementias. Dr. Mari is an investigator in multiple national clinical trials for Parkinson’s disease, and he has published over 70 scientific and medical research studies and authored multiple book chapters in scientific literature.

Before joining the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Mari served as Director of the Parkinson’s & Movement Disorder Center, the National Parkinson Foundation’s Center of Excellence, the Movement Disorder Clinical Fellowship Program, and the Deep Brain Stimulation Center at the Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University’s School of Medicine. Prior to his tenure at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Mari completed his clinical fellowships in both movement disorders and clinical neurophysiology at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Dr. Mari received his M.D. from the University of Szeged, Hungary, graduating first in his class, then completed residency training in neurology at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, where he served as chief resident and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He is also co-founder of Neuraly, Inc., which is developing a revolutionary disease modifying treatment for Parkinson's disease.

What is so enjoyable about working with Zoltan are his diverse perspectives and ideas – they help us see opportunities to innovate and advance into meaningful research and products.